al things considered — when i post my masterpiece #1139
first posted on facebook december 13, 2022
l.a. ring -- "runesten ved roskilde landevej" [i.e., "runestone at roskilde landevej"] (1912)
"his oeuvre remains as his life and essence: the still water of profound depth" ... peter hertz (on l.a. ring)
"many of [l.a. ring's] paintings depict crossings and thresholds: the space between waiting and leaving in a doorway, at a window or at a railroad crossing [...] sometimes more than one circle of motif is present in a painting, e.g. 'runesten ved roskilde landevej', which contains both the threshold and the road as circle of motif" ... wikipedia
"black crows in the meadow, sleepin' across the broad highway black crows in the meadow, across the broad highway though it's funny, honey, i'm out of touch don't feel much like a scarecrow today" ... bob dylan
"some times i don't know if i'm coming or going ... like i'm on my own with no direction home ... like an incomplete unknown, kinda like a rune stone" ... al janik